Alain Vigneault signed a contract extension with the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Terms of the contract were not released but the New York Post reported it would be for two seasons, carrying Vigneault through the 2019-20 season.
Vigneault, 55, is 175-97-23 since becoming Rangers coach in 2013. In his first season the Rangers reached the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, which they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.
The Rangers are 31-17-1 this season, fourth in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 165 goals, the second-most in the NHL. They play the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; MSG 2, FS-O, NHL.TV).
In 1,101 NHL games, Vigneault is 597-385-84 with 35 ties with the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks and Rangers in 15 seasons.
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The New York Rangers have given head coach Alain Vigneault a contract extension through the 2019-20 NHL season, Larry Brooks of the New York Post reported late Monday night.
Vigneault also has reportedly been given a $2 million raise on his contract.
Heading
into Tuesday night's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Vigneault
has a 173-97-23 record coaching the Rangers since he started coaching
the team in the 2013-14 season. He started to coach the Vancouver
Canucks in 2006-07, going 313-170-57 coaching them. From 1997-98 to
2000-01, Vigneault coached the Montreal Canadiens, recording a
109-118-35-4 coaching record with the Canadiens.
Vigneault won a
Western Conference championship with the Canucks in 2010-11, going
54-19-9 that season. He also won an Eastern Conference championship with
the Rangers in 2013-14, going 35-41-6.
Vigneault also won a Presidents Trophy with the Rangers in their 2014-15 campaign, going 53-22-7.
Vigneault was a Jack Adams Award winner in 2007.
Heading into Tuesday night, the Rangers are 31-17-1 this season.
